My first blog entry for Fitted for Work.

Donna de Zwart, CEO. It gives me great pleasure to write my first blog entry for Fitted for Work. I am both excited and honoured to be taking on the role of CEO.

We welcome our new CEO, Donna de Zwart

Donna is a highly motivated leader with over twenty years’ experience in consulting and the education sector. She has worked with a range of Vocational and Education Training (VET), Higher Education and commercial organisations, including many of Australia’s top 100 companies Donna has a proven track record of creating organisations that are commercially successful and […]

Changes at Fitted for Work

Post written by Jane Hunt, former inaugural CEO at Fitted for Work. I have just returned from the World Economic Forum New Champions event in China and heard a lively debate about ‘solving the gender issue’ in organizations. One of the panel members spoke about how ‘the confidence gap’ that women experience is holding us all […]

Ah, to be young again!

Post written by Jane Hunt, former inaugural CEO at Fitted for Work. More than a quarter of a million young Australians under the age of 25 are unemployed. This is almost three times the rate of unemployment for people aged 25 and over (1). Worryingly, the number is rising – the number of long-term unemployed young […]

Generosity Magazine

More than 15,000 disadvantaged women have found entering or returning to the workplace an easier fit thanks to this award-winning nonprofit. Generosity meets the woman behind the wardrobe, CEO of Fitted for Work Jane Hunt. Read the full article here.

My ‘fantastic struggle’ and discovering compassion in an unexpected way.

Post written by Jane Hunt, former inaugural CEO at Fitted for Work. One of my goals this year was to learn to meditate, so for the last month I have been participating in Mindful in May. For a registration fee, I was emailed guided meditations each day and the money raised went to helping communities in […]

Report on the 2014 Federal Budget

Post written by Jane Hunt, former inaugural CEO at Fitted for Work. Young Women People under 25 will no longer be eligible for the Newstart allowance; instead they will only be able to access the lower-paying Youth Allowance. This means that a young person living away from their family will receive $47 less per week to […]

Unlocking the potential of young people

Post written by Jane Hunt, former inaugural CEO at Fitted for Work. My son recently went to our local library to hear the author John Marsden speak. He has started the ‘Tomorrow When the War Began’ series and is captivated by the world John Marsden has created. My son came home from the talk glowing, and, […]